Cabinet structure for television receivers



lMaly 30, 1950 L. c. KALFF ET A1.

CABINET STRUCTURE FOR TELEVISION RECEIVERS Filed OC. 19, 1946 Patented May 30, 1950 CABINET STRUCTURE FOR TELEVISION RECEIVERS Louis Christiaan Kalff, Cornelis Hendrik Morel, and Gerrit Jan Siezen, Eindhoven, Netherlands, assignors to Hartford National Bank and Trust Company, Hartford, Conn., trustee Application October 19, 1946, Serial No. 704,340

. In the Netherlands July 11, 1945 Section 1, Public Law 690, August 8, 1946 Patent expires July 11, 1965 4 Claims.

In television receivers of the so-called projection type the reproduced television image formed, for example, on the luminous screen of a cathoderay tube of small size but of great light intensity is projected on a substantially vertical screen by means of an optical system. rFhis screen may be either transparent, for example of frosted glass, or opaque and may be diilusely reiiecting.

In the latter case the image is projected onto the front of the screen so that the optical projection system is required to be located in front of the screen. This involves diiculty in the construction of apparatus housed in a cabinet in which the screen is provided on the inside of the lid, since for the purpose' of avoiding excessive angles of image (i. e. maximum angle between projected rays) there must be a comparatively great distance between the op-tical system and the screen. In order to avoid a great depth of the cabinet, the image is generally projected on the screen via a plane mirror which, as the case may be, is capable of being slid forward out of the cabinet, with the result that the space occupied by the path of rays may be reduced to half.

Besides a small depth of the cabinet as small as possible a height of the cabinet is also of importance for apparatus which in the operating position stand on the ground (console-model) This height is determined by theV fact that the screen must be located at the height of the eyes of va sitting person, which implies in practice that the cabinet must become higher and more expensive than is necessary for the apparatus to be housed, whilst also from an aesthetic point of View a comparatively low cabinet is preferable.

According to the invention,` the lowest possible height of the cabinet is obtained by that the screen being hinged on or slidably mounted in the lid ci the cabinet, and in the operating `position for television reception is located above the opened lid oi the cabinet and substantially in line with it.

This may be realised in a highly satisfactory manner if the plane mirror is capable of being hinged out or slid out so as to be substantially above the cabinet in the outward position.

invention will be explained more fully by reference to the accompanying drawing showing, by of example, two embodiments thereof.

Figure l shows diagrammatically a television rece-i ,r in a cabinet i, which in the operating position stands on the ground (socalled console-model The cabinet I contains a projection apparatus 3 comprising an image reproducer, for example a cathode-ray tube, and

an optical projection system. The reproduced image is projected on a screen I5 via a plane mirror 5, said screen being arranged on the hinged lid 'I of the cabinet I.

The mirror 5 is arranged in a hinged part 9 of the cabinet I. The part 9 can be hinged by about a horizontal spindle II located in the front of the cabinet, and is shown in the drawing in its outward position in which it projects from the front wall of the cabinet I.

The screen I5 must be located at the height of the eyes of a sitting person. On the other hand, the cabinet must preferably have a fairly small height, which is desirable particularly for apparatus intended for use in an ordinary livingroom. According to the invention, in the manner shown in the drawing the screen I5 is arranged to be either capable of being slid out (Figure l) or hinged out (Figure 2) with respect to the lid 1. In the operating position for television reception the screen I5 is located above the lid 'I and substantially in line with it, whereas when the apparatus is not in use or when used as a radio-receiver the screen is either pushed into the cover, or reversed about a horizontal hinge I 1 against the inside of the lid.

The foregoing may be realised in a highly satisfactory manner if the hinged mirror 5 in its outward position is substantially above the cabinet such as shown in the drawing. It is thus ensured that the beam of rays is not unduly in. clined with respect to the screen even when the screen 5 is slid out far above the cabinet. To demonstrate the small dimensions obtainable for the cabinet, we have marked them in the figures (in cms).

What we claim is:

1. A cabinet structure for viewing electrooptieal images produced by a projection apparatus positioned internally of said cabinet structure, comprising a main cabinet section having a sidewall, a cover member having a position closing said cabinet structure and an open position extending substantially vertically above said sidewall at the rear of said cabinet, an opaque viewing screen carried by said cover member and having an operable position extending above and substantially in line with said cover member and facing forwardly in its open position, said screen having an inoperable position being enclosed within said cabinet structure with said cover member in its closed position, a second member mounted at the front of said cabinet, means for permitting movement of said second member from a position substantially over the top of said cabinet `to a position extending substantially vertically above said sidewall, a mirror mounted on *said second member, said mirror being located on said ysecond -member to facel said viewing 4screen when said screen is in said operable position and said second member is in said ver..-

tically extended position whereby Aan image-y formed by the projection apparatus is reflected vopposite sidewalls, a front wall and a-rear-wall, 4acover member mounted on saidrear wall and having a position closing said cabinet :structure and an open position extending substantially vertically above said rear Wall, an opaque viewing screen carried by said cover member and havingan operable .position and an inoperableposition, said screen in its Voperable position having aviewing surface extending vertically abovel the uppermost portion of said cover member in its open position and facing-forwardly, a--substantially plane mirrorl having an operable position above the said front wall andiacingirearwardly and having an inoperable position adjacent Ythe upper limits of said walls, said screen and-said mirror in the inoperable positions thereof being enclosed within saidcabinet structure with said cover member in its closed position, whereby Vwith said viewing screen and'said .mirror iin the operable positions thereof, light rays projected from said'projection apparatus-may befreflected from said mirror onto `said viewing screen.

3. A cabinet structure for viewing electrooptical'images produced by a projection apparatus positionedinternallyof said cabinet structure, comprising a main cabinet section having a rear wall, a cover member hinged on saidrearV Wall having a position closing said cabinetstructure and having an open position extendinglsubstantially verticallyr above said rear Wall, an opaque viewing screen carried by said-cover member and having an operable lposition extending above and substantially in line with said cover member'in its openposition and facing forwardly, said screen having an inoperable position in which said screen is slidably enclosedwithi'n said cover member, a second member mounted lat the front of said cabinet, means for permitting movement of said second member from a position substantially over the top of said cabinet to a posi- `tion extending substantially vertically above-said front of said cabinet, a mirror mounted on said second member, said mirror being'locatedon-said r` s''econ'dlinember to face said-viewing screen when 'saidscreen `is in Asaid operable position and said second; -memberiis in x said vertically extended position, wherebyvan yimage-formed by the projection apparatus islr'eflected from said mirror onto :said viewing screen in the operable positions thereof.

`4; A cabinet structure for viewing electrooptical images produced by a projecting apparatus` positioned internally of said cabinet structure, comprising a main cabinet section having a. vrear ,wall.a. cover member hinged on said rear wall and having a position closing said cabinet structure: andan open position extending sub- Ustantially'vertically above said rear wall, an Vopaque-viewing.screen hinged on said cover member at the-portion thereof most remote from the portion of said cover member hinged to said side- Wall and having an open position extending above and substantially in line with said cover memberin its open kposition and facing forwardly, saidscreenhaving aninoperable position against theinternaiportions'of said cover'member in its closedA position; amsecond member mounted at the'front'of. said cabinet structuremeansfor permittingmovement of said second member from a position substantially'overtheftop of said cabinet structureb toav position extending substantially vertically taboveisaid Lfront of saidcabinet structure, a mirror'mountedon said second member, saidmirrorbeing located'on saidsecond member to: face said: viewing screen when said screen is in'said operableposition and saidsecond 'member is.y in vsaid vertically extended position, whereby: anfimageformedrby the projection apparatus is reflected yfrom* said .mirror'ontoy said Viewing screen'fin the operable positions thereof.

LOUIS YCHRISTIAAN KALFF.

CORNELIS HENDRIK MOREL.

GERRIT` JAN SIEZEN.

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